Be kind to each other

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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pigeonleap

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sry for quality i cant find a way to export things nicely from freeform but here's a leafpool phone doodle from the plane :-P (anatomy is Jankaayyyy but i can only do so much man i have an iphone 12 mini my finger takes up half the screen)

"If it's meant to be then it will be (oh, oh)
So I met him there and told him I believe (oh, oh)
Singing, "If it's meant to be then it will be" (it'll be)
I forgive it all as it comes back to me (back to me, oh)"

Sun Bleached Flies by ethel cain. SOOO leafpool do you ever think about leafpool my friend leafpool

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thehmn

Fun story, according to old Norse beliefs my companion animal is a red fox.

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The old nordics believed individuals and families had protection spirits called fylgie (literally follower or companion) usually in the form of an animal for individuals and women/goddesses for families. They would protect you and act on your behalf.

If you see your own fylgie it is a death omen but other people who are close to you might be lucky enough to see your fylgie while you are asleep (and people gifted in magic might even see it while you’re awake) which of course means you’re unlikely to know what your fylgie is unless someone else sees it.

So how do I know mine is a red fox? When I was 4 years old my parents rented a cottage with some friends for their summer vacation. One evening they put me to bed and the adults arranged themselves in the living room in such a way that my parents could keep an eye on me while the others had their backs to the bedroom. They just sat around and chitchatted when my parents suddenly noticed a red fox in the bedroom with me! It calmly looked around, sniffed me and walked out of the cottage like it was the most normal thing in the world at which point my parents went “OH MY GOD THERE WAS A FOX IN THE ROOM WITH OUR DAUGHTER!!!!”

For the nervous among you, red foxes aren’t dangerous to humans. They don’t even hurt babies and certainly not a 4 year old. Rabies has been eradicated among red foxes in Northern Europe so they’re just allowed to do their thing so long as they don’t eat people’s chickens/rabbits. You know, just in case you were wondering why my parents didn’t freak the fuck out and yelled at the fox.

But yeah, you can be boring and say it was just a normal fox that found it’s way into my bedroom, but it is pretty cool how perfectly it fits with fylgie beliefs.

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So keep that behind your ear, if people tell you they saw an unexpected animal near you while you were asleep you’ll know what your fylgie is.

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Some people seem a little disappointed that you can’t see your own fylgie unless you’re about to die because we’re so used to thinking of “spirit animals” as these very personal things just for us but don’t you see how amazing a fylgie would be for story telling and the relationships between characters?

Like, seeing another person’s fylgie is very intimate so the first time seeing it is a huge milestone in the relationship, and a fylgie only wants the best for their human so how they react to people around them tells a lot. Imagine seeing your friend’s fylgie and it attacks you? Your friend probably doesn’t hate you but their fylgie apparently knows something about you and how do you explain the wounds it left in the morning? Because they aren’t just spirits, they become very physical once their human is sleeping. Or what if it snuggles up to the villain? Or it might try to hide important things or bring you something because your wellbeing is important to their human. And imagine being able to tell a friend or even enemy what their fylgie is and watch their reaction.

And it can of course be used as a subtle death omen if the person is alone and sees a random animal appear and disappear in a place where it shouldn’t be possible. Either they have no idea what it means or they’ve been told what animal their fylgie is and it becomes a bittersweet moment where the person finally meets their lifelong protector but also knows it’s because they’re nearing the end. Or maybe they’re old it’s a purely sweet moment.

Just saying, a fylgie opens the doors to some unique situations specifically because they can’t be seen by their human.